About Sumbawanga
Sumbawanga is a city in Rukwa, Tanzania with a population of 303,986. It is the 12th largest of the 223 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Tanzania, and the 1,878th largest worldwide. It lies 497 km from Dodoma.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Elevation
1,833 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Coordinates
-7.967, 31.617
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 223 in TanzaniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.